WHY NOT COLLECTION DESCRIPTION? THE CHALLENGE FOR TODAY’S BRIEFING
No consensus about the attributes which define a collection
Ongoing diversity of approaches, schemas and standards to collection-level description
No ‘single’ cross-searchable catalogue of collection-level descriptions
Residual belief among information professionals that collection-level description is a second best and inadequate for scholars
Uncertain buy-in from scholars to the value and utility of collection-level descriptions